| GMT | geometric mean titer; gingival margin trimmer |
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| HSIL | high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| ICM | inner cell mass; integrated conditional model; intercostal margin; International Confederation of Mi... |
| LCM | latent cardiomyopathy; left costal margin; leukocyte-conditioned medium; lowest common multiple; lym... |
| LICM | left intercostal margin |
| wing of vomer | An everted lip on either side of the upper border of the vomer, between which fits the rostrum of the sphenoid bone. Synonym: ala vomeris. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| wing plate | The dorsal division of the lateral walls of the neural tube in the embryo; it gives rise to neurons relaying afferent impulses to higher centres; in the adult such neurons compose the sensory nuclei of the spinal cord and brainstem. Synonym: lamina alaris, alar plate of neural tube, dorsolateral plate of neural tube, lamina dorsalis, wing plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wing-shell | <zoology> Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing. Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus. Any pteropod shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea wing | <zoology> A wing shell (Avicula). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| standard-wing | <zoology> A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Ingrassia's wing | One of a bilateral pair of triangular, pointed plates extending laterally from the anterolateral body of the sphenoid bone. Forming the posteriormost portion of the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, their sharp posterior edge forms the sphenoidal ridge separating anterior and middle cranial fossae. The medial end of the lesser wing attaches to the body by means of two pedicles, thus forming the optic canal. The wing itself forms the superior margin of the supraorbital fissure. Synonym: ala minor ossis sphenoidalis, ala orbitalis, Ingrassia's apophysis, Ingrassia's wing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elevator muscle of upper lip and wing of nose | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, root of nasal process of maxilla; insertion, wing of nose and orbicularis oris muscle of upper lip; action, elevates upper lip and wing of nose; nerve supply, facial. Synonym: musculus levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, caput angulare quadrati labii superioris, elevator muscle of upper lip and wing of nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenoid squamous cell carcinoma | <tumour> A malignant neoplasm consisting chiefly of glandular epithelium (adenocarcinoma), usually well differentiated, with foci of metaplasia to squamous (or epidermoid) neoplastic cells. Synonym: adenoid squamous cell carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basal squamous cell carcinoma | <tumour> A carcinoma of the skin which in structure and behaviour is considered transitional between basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma The term should not be used for the much more common keratotic variety of basal cell carcinoma, in which the tumour cells are of basal type but which contains small foci of abrupt keratinization. Synonym: basal squamous cell carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carcinoma, squamous cell | A carcinoma derived from stratified squamous epithelium. It may also occur in sites where glandular or columnar epithelium is normally present. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma | <tumour> Multiple skin tumours, most frequently on the head, each resembling a well-differentiated squamous carcinoma or keratoacanthoma; individual tumours resolve spontaneously after several months, leaving deep-pitted scars with irregular crenellated borders, and are usually replaced by additional new tumours; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple squamous epithelium | Epithelium composed of a single layer of flattened scalelike cells, such as mesothelium, endothelium, and that in the pulmonary alveoli. Synonym: pavement epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squamous | Scaly or platelike. Origin: L. Squamosus = scaly (18 Nov 1997) |
| squamous alveolar cells | Highly attentuated squamous cell's that form the gas-permeable epithelium lining the alveoli of the lungs. Synonym: type I cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squamous border | Edge of a bone which articulates with the squamous part of the temporal bone. See: squamous border of parietal bone, squamous border of sphenoid bone. Synonym: margo squamosus, squamous margin. (05 Mar 2000) |